LIFESAVING COURSE: ALL MEDALLION
€180

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JOIN THIS CERTIFIED LIFESAVING COURSE RUN BY THE CYPRUS LIFESAVING FEDERATION DESIGNED FOR ALL MEDALLION CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE SEA

We will be hosting our first LIFESAVING - ALL MEDALLION course/program at Kahuna Surfhouse with the certified lifesaving instructor; Dr Anestis Vasiliou. The program aims to highlight the importance of knowledge about lifesaving. It also aims to present and cultivate/consolidate rescue techniques from the liquid element that are applied depending on the case for immediate treatment, and treatment, where possible.

This is a course that will take anyone from a beginner to a Medallion holder and progress them to their next medallion.

Details

DATE

2026 MAY 30
2026 MAY 31
2026 JUNE 01
2026 JUNE 06

TIME
10:00 - 14:00

EXAM
JUNE 07 - 10:00 - 14:00

LOCATION
KAHUNA SURFHOUSE

PRICE
€180

CERTIFIED LIFESAVING INSTRUCTOR
DR ANESTIS VASILIOU

ALL MEDALLIONS CAN SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE AND BE CERTIFIED TO THE NEXT MEDALLION


THE COURSE (BRONZE MEDALLION) 1ST LEVEL
THEORY
Safety Rules
• History of Lifesaving
• Survival in water
• Safety rules
• Rescue rules
• Lifeguard Whistles
• Signals in and out of the water
• Ability to judge (Initiative)

First Aid
• Call for help
• Recovery position
• Breathing and Circulation (ABC)
• Sun exposure-Heatstroke
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Use of individual mask
• Cramps
• Wounds-Bleeding
• Fainting
• Suffocation
• Use of an automatic defibrillator (AED)
• Shock

PRACTICE
Part A
• Entry and exit from the water in at least three (3) different ways
• Rescue by throwing an object at a distance of 10 meters
• Swimming techniques
• Swimming with a life preserver
• Human chain
• Practical practice of two (2) methods of hooking and unhooking and two (2) methods of pulling on land
• Entering the water and swimming breaststroke at a distance of 100 meters
• Entering the water using a rescue device (e.g. rescue tube)
• Retrieving an object from a depth of 2 meters, weighing three (3) kilograms
• Entering the water using a rescue device (e.g. rescue tube)

Part B
• Swimming with clothes (shirt and pants) and removing them in the water
• Stay on the surface for one minute using hands and feet
• Float for 1.00 minutes
• Stay on the surface using hands only
• Stay afloat using feet only
• Freestyle swimming at a distance of 50 meters with the head out of the water
• Breaststroke for a distance of 50 meters with the head out of the water
• Swimming a distance of 200 meters in a time not exceeding 10 minutes
• Swimming a distance of 15 meters (diving half the distance to a depth of two (2) meters and retrieving an object weighing three (3) kilograms
• Swimming at a distance of 400 meters

Part C
• Rescuing a conscious victim from the front, without actual contact using a rescue measure, e.g. a rescue tube (The victim should be at a distance of 50 meters and the time should not exceed 3.00 minutes)
• Rescue of an unconscious victim on the surface
• Rescue from the front of a conscious victim

Part D
• Rescue by contact (The victim must be at a distance of 50 meters) The time should not exceed 3.15 minutes
• Chin towing extended arm rescue
• Cross chest rescue

Part E

• Stabilization handle
• Artificial respiration in the water using a life preserver

*Validity of Diploma: 24 months
**The test includes at least one method with actual contact and one with the use of a rescue device

Equipment

ALL EQUIPMENT INCLUDED

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